..., the Holy See is interested in the Moscow Patriarchate as its most promising ally in the fight to preserve the positions of Christianity in the western world, especially in Europe, where the decrease in numbers of the followers of both denominations ... ... 257 million Catholics and 200.5 million Orthodox Christians, most of whom belong to the
Russian Orthodox Church
.
The Roman Catholic Church is extremely concerned about the changing religious beliefs of people in
North America
and the
Old World
. In ...
A landmark meeting between Patriarch Kirill and Pope Francis took place at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana on February 12, 2016. A meeting of this kind has been unprecedented in the history of relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC). Growing differences in doctrinal theology and policies led to the split in once united Christianity in the Great Schism of 1054 and to establishing its Eastern and Western branches. The Russian Orthodox Church became autocephalous and acquired her own patriarch in 1589. However, the primacy of the pope in the Catholic world has remained ...
